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Simmons & Simmons sets 30% ethnic minority target for trainees
Aims to achieve greater racial diversity by 2025
A&O and Clifford Chance dish out bonuses to US lawyers
Year-end and special cash rewards
Barrister reprimanded for refusing breath test
Gave no comment interview
Sexy Starmer was not the model for Bridget Jones heartthrob Darcy, author reveals
Helen Fielding puts much-loved rumour to rest but insists Labour leader is lush
Lawyers hit out at US law firm Quinn Emanuel’s ‘dread’ advert
Full-page in FT
Law prof drafts in Tiger King’s Carole Baskin to motivate students
Netflix star features in inspirational vid
Nottingham Law School reveals SQE prep courses
Fees still unknown
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
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Slaughter and May boosts Xmas bonuses but sticks with pay freeze
Also reinstates partner distributions
Law student who gave birth during bar exam reveals she passed
'I did all of this because I did not see any other option to accomplish both my goals -- become a lawyer and a mom,' says Brianna Hill
UCL law students complain of ‘overwhelming’ workload and ‘unhealthy’ screen usage during online studies
Exclusive: 'The safety, health and wellbeing of our students is our highest priority', says uni in response
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
TODAY: The Legal Cheek December Virtual Pupillage Fair
Saturday 5 December, from 10am to 1pm
Over 200 top lawyers sign petition calling on London’s Garrick Club to scrap men-only membership policy
Women are being excluded from vital networking opportunities, according to letter
Barrister shares top 10 pupillage application tips as Gateway reopens
'Do not swallow a thesaurus', Colin Witcher advises
Law firms continue to repay government furlough cash
Burges Salmon follows moves made by Eversheds and Dentons
Corona-vires: Lord Sumption gets his case law on as he and Lady Hale blast pandemic regulations
Cheeky bit of Liversidge v Anderson
BPP accused of ‘disruptive editing’ by Wikipedia
PR company steps in -- gets blocked
Herbert Smith Freehills targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2030
Follows 2025 aim set by CMS
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